Improvement in refrigerators



F. w. HUNT.

Refrigerators;-

NO. 142,469. PatentedSeptember2,l87`8.

i NI'IED STATES -PA'IE OFFICE.

FRANCIS W. HUNT, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN REFRIGERATQRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 142,469, datedSeptember 2, 1873 application led February 5, 1873.

To all whom it may concerm,

Be it known that I, FRANCIS W. HUNT, of East Orange, county of Essex andState of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements intheconstruction of Refrigerators, and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, retL erence being had tothe accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon, and forming part of this specification, in which- A 4 Figures land 2 are vertical transverse sectional views ot a refrigeratorcombining my improvements. Figs. 3 and I are top-plan views of the rimor frame A, Fig. 3 showing the rim when used for the top, and Fig. 4when used for the bottom.

This invention relates JIo-certain improvements in refrigerators made ofsheet metal, having an outer and inner lining, the space between saidlinings being air-tight.

My invention consists in a reversible frame or rim, A, either spun orstruck up or cast, in such form as that it may be used for the top andbottom both. Said frame A is provided 0n its outer surface with suitablerecesses d and b, to which the outer and inner linings are soldered, orotherwise secured, substan tially as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When saidframe A is used for the top, the surface forming the bottom of therefrigerator is cut out, -and the refrigerator reversed, i. e., thebottom edge becomes the top, as shown in Figs. l and 3. The inside ofsaid frame A is also formed with suitable projections c and d, for thelids and ice-chamber to rest upon, the ice-chamber having a suitableilange for the purpose.

The object of this invention is to provide a uniform and substantialframe, convenient in its application, cheaply' constructed, and at thesame time forming a neat finish to the top and bottom of therefrigerator.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A reversible rim or frame, A, for the ends of a refrigerator, spun orstruck up from sheet metal or cast, having suitable recesses a and b onthe outside for the reception of the outer and inner linings, and alsosuitable projections or steps c and d on the inside, for the support ofthe lids and ice-chamber, all substantially as and for the purposesshown and described.

FRANCIS W. HUNT.

Witnesses OLIVER DEAIIE, DAVID COLLINS.

